Table 1.
Characteristics and breastfeeding pattern of participants
| Characteristic | Total (n = 793) % |
Children aged less than 6 months (n = 137) % |
Children aged 6 months or more | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Six-month PBF (n = 286) % |
Not six-month PBF (n = 370) % |
p-value* | |||
| Maternal age | 0.270 | ||||
| 21–30 | 8.6 | 12.4 | 7.0 | 8.4 | |
| 31–40 | 77.4 | 83.2 | 74.5 | 77.6 | |
| ≥ 41 | 14.0 | 4.4 | 18.5 | 14.1 | |
| Maternal education | 0.757 | ||||
| Secondary or below | 7.7 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 7.8 | |
| Post-secondary: diploma / certificate | 8.3 | 13.9 | 8.4 | 6.2 | |
| Post-secondary: sub-degree course | 1.9 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | |
| Post-secondary: degree course | 82.1 | 78.8 | 81.5 | 83.8 | |
| Maternal employment status | 0.638 | ||||
| Employed (full time) | 57.4 | 36.5 | 59.8 | 63.2 | |
| Employed (part time) | 9.2 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 10.3 | |
| Unemployed | 26.5 | 30.7 | 26.9 | 24.6 | |
| On maternity leave | 6.9 | 28.5 | 3.1 | 1.9 | |
| Monthly total household income (HKD) | 0.645 | ||||
| ≤ 29,999 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 6.8 | 7.8 | |
| 30,000–49,999 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 16.1 | 12.7 | |
| 50,000–69,999 | 19.8 | 23.3 | 16.8 | 20.8 | |
| 70,000–89,999 | 15.5 | 12.0 | 15.8 | 16.6 | |
| 90,000–109,999 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 13.9 | |
| ≥ 110,000 | 27.6 | 24.1 | 28.3 | 28.3 | |
| Size of residential property (sq. ft.) | 0.091 | ||||
| ≤ 400 | 17.3 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 18.5 | |
| 400–599 | 23.4 | 29.6 | 18.4 | 25.0 | |
| 600–799 | 24.4 | 22.2 | 25.4 | 24.5 | |
| ≥ 800 | 34.9 | 31.9 | 39.9 | 32.1 | |
| Number of people in the household | 0.008 | ||||
| 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | |
| 3 | 34.6 | 34.6 | 28.3 | 39.6 | |
| 4 | 39.5 | 35.3 | 45.2 | 36.6 | |
| ≥ 5 | 25.4 | 28.7 | 26.5 | 23.3 | |
| Birth hospital | < 0.001 | ||||
| Public hospital | 60.2 | 53.3 | 69.9 | 55.1 | |
| Private hospital | 39.8 | 46.7 | 30.1 | 44.9 | |
PBF predominant breastfeeding
*Six-month PBF versus not six-month PBF